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28 Jun 2013, 8:08 am by Allison Trzop
At The Economist, Steven Mazie notes that the Court this Term “struck down an unusually large number of statutes,” notably Section 3 of DOMA and Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act. [read post]
19 Jun 2019, 4:07 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie writes that Monday’s decision in Virginia House of Delegates v. [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 3:44 am by Edith Roberts
” Briefly: In The Economist, Steven Mazie takes a look at the Supreme Court term that began last week, noting that “despite the dearth of doozies,” “the docket does feature significant disputes, including a large handful involving race,” and predicting that until confirmation of a new justice ends the current 4-4 deadlock, the court “will probably duck pending petitions from a transgender Virginia high-schooler who wishes to use the boy’s… [read post]
28 Jun 2017, 3:59 am by Edith Roberts
In The Economist, Steven Mazie also reports on the implications of the decision. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 3:47 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist, Steven Mazie looks at the “defiant jurisprudence” of Justice Clarence Thomas, who is completing his 29th year on the Supreme Court bench this term. [read post]
3 Oct 2017, 4:15 am by Edith Roberts
Coverage of Whitford comes from Nina Totenberg at NPR and Michael Wines in The New York Times, who reports that a “decisive ruling striking down the Wisconsin Assembly map could invalidate redistricting maps in up to 20 other states,” and from Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Espresso blog. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 2:46 am by Amy Howe
  Commentary comes from Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Ruthann Robson at Constitutional Law Prof Blog, Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences, Carrie Severino at the National Review Online’s Bench Memos, and Ed Mannino at his eponymous blog. [read post]
16 Jan 2018, 4:18 am by Edith Roberts
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie observes that with the addition of these cases to the two partisan-gerrymandering disputes already on the court’s docket this term, “the justices have their hands full clarifying the statutory and constitutional limits on electoral-map cartography. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 4:16 am by Edith Roberts
” For The Economist, Steven Mazie explains that “[i]n the short run, the 114th justice’s impact will not be earth-shaking,” because a “docket of smaller-stakes cases this year … limits the potential impact of Justice Kavanaugh’s ascent to the Supreme Court,” but that “the newly entrenched right-leaning majority will eventually find an appetite for cases with openings to push American law in their direction. [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 3:55 am by Edith Roberts
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie discusses Trump v. [read post]
5 Jun 2017, 4:18 am by Edith Roberts
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie observes that “as is so often the case, everything may turn on how Justice Anthony Kennedy sees the executive order. [read post]
24 Apr 2018, 4:27 am by Edith Roberts
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie finds it “telling that the briefs supporting Mr Trump’s immigration decisions expend more energy imploring the justices to look away rather than to carefully examine the justifications and motives behind the travel restrictions. [read post]
9 Jul 2020, 3:53 am by Edith Roberts
” Additional coverage comes from Tyler Olson and others at Fox News, Tucker Higgins and Dan Mangan at CNBC, and Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Espresso blog. [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 4:12 am by Edith Roberts
” Additional coverage comes from Nina Totenberg at NPR, Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Espresso blog, Richard Wolf at USA Today, and Bill Mears at Fox News, who reports that “[t]he case will be the first significant legal test so far of the president’s administration and could lead to a precedent-setting ruling on the limits of executive power, especially within the immigration context. [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 3:53 am by Edith Roberts
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie calls Monday’s oral argument in Virginia House of Delegates v. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 3:55 am by Edith Roberts
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie writes that “the majority opinion in Flowers, penned by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, stretched to 31 pages but, as it said, broke ‘no new legal ground. [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 4:09 am by Edith Roberts
” Additional  looks at the business pending before the court come from Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Espresso blog, Lawrence Hurley at Reuters, and Constitution Daily. [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 4:38 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist’s Espresso blog, Steven Mazie previews the hearing. [read post]
1 Nov 2016, 3:49 am by Edith Roberts
” Another look at how the election may shape the court comes from Steven Mazie at The Economist, who observes that “the 113th justice is certain to swing the court one way or another,” but remarks that even if “the Senate deigns to consider and confirm a nominee,” changes will not occur overnight, because the court is “a slow-moving institution empowered only to decide cases that work their way up through the lower courts. [read post]
6 Jul 2018, 4:07 am by Edith Roberts
Briefly: For The Economist, Steven Mazie explains why “the framers entrust[ed] judges[, including Supreme Court justices,] with lifetime appointments, when every other democracy in the world imposes term limits, a mandatory retirement age or both. [read post]